From Frank Sinatra to Avenged Sevenfold, Oct. 7 hostages describe how music helped them endure captivity, maintain sanity, ...

Since Iran is in the news and since Hazrat Ali’s birthday, or Wiladat-e-Maula Ali, fell on January 2 this year in India, I ...

At the audio launch event of his movie 'Jana Nayagan' in Malaysia, actor-politician Vijay has said he decided to "give up ...

Christmas music in the Arab world is alive as much in church halls as on concert stages. In addition to the sacred and ceremonial hymns heard and recited in devotional settings, popular Arab artists ...

While I was playing in public, she challenged me to play an Arabic song she loved — and the moment quickly turned into something special. Her reaction, and the energy from the crowd, reminded me how ...

Dhurandhar takes inspiration from real-life incidents rooted in geopolitical conflict and covert R&AW operations ...

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Dhurandhar may be wildly problematic, but Flipperachi’s ‘FA9LA’, a song featured in the film, is too catchy to hate. The Bahraini rapper has perfected the formula of high-octane Khaleeji hip-hop — ...

From Gulf rap to Akshaye Khanna’s villain entry, Faasla’s Arabic lyrics and viral rise decoded. When Akshaye Khanna made that icy, villain-coded comeback in Dhurandhar, one thing was clear: the ...

Fathiya Ahmed (1898-1975) was one of three daughters of a Qur’an reciter, Sheikh Ahmed El-Hamzawi. Each of her two sisters, ...